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Arrested Vatican Prelate Aced as Private Banker

Magistrates’ says Prelate Used Web of Contacts Illegally

C. Hoare & Co. And Its Subsidiary Companies Consolidate

The bank remains strongly capitalised by all measures, and it is still very liquid having lent to customers less than half your deposits.

New Economic Study Reveals Global Built Environment Wealth Tops $193 Trillion EC Harris publishes first Global Built Asset Wealth Index to provide an alternative indicator of economic health and prospects for growth

EC Harris is today publishing a landmark global study which provides fresh insight into the current and future prosperity of nations across the world based on analysis of investment in infrastructure and the built environment.

ABN Amro gets ready for Privatisation, if the Timing is Right

Nationalised Dutch Bank ABN Amro will be ready to be privatised again by Next Summer

A third of millionaires row about inheritance, says Coutts

The bank, which includes the Queen among its clientele, collated the views of 270 people with "liquid assets" of more than £1m.

Cost of weeding out criminals and tax cheats hits private banks

Private banks managing the financial affairs of the world's wealthy face spending millions of dollars every year on vetting new clients

Abu Dhabi sell £2.2bn stake in Barclays

Abu Dhabi has sold its entire holding in Barclays worth more than £2bn, it has been revealed.

Seymour Pierce buy helps WH Ireland hang in the black

Within this strength in the firm's wealth management arm offset weakness in its corporate broking division.

Arbuthnot Private Bank assets surge 28% in H1

Profit for the period decreased to 1.40 million pounds from 10.43 million pounds prior year.

The Wealth Management Whine

Steven Crosby, senior managing director at PricewaterhouseCoopers, predicts a five-fold, global increase in mergers and acquisitions in the wealth industry

Women forcing wealth management professionals to change their thinking

Wealth management industry facing changing demographics

China Construction Bank to set up in Luxembourg

The third Chinese lender to move into the low-tax statelet sandwiched between Germany and France

HFM Columbus: Private Client Recruitment Market Never Looked Better

HFM Columbus director Marcus Carlton says the private client recruitment market has never looked better

BofA, Morgan Stanley Hold Lead In Top Wealth Manager Ranking

Bank of America Corp. and Morgan Stanley held on to a slim lead over UBS AG in a 2012 ranking of the world’s largest wealth managers compiled by PAM Insight SA.

Will FCA wealth management arm spark new supervisory era?

The move is a shift away from the historic ‘one size fits all’ approach and has been welcomed by a broad swathe of chief executives from private client investment companies.

British bankers earned more than the rest of the European Union put together

Figures from the EU's banking regulator showed 2,346 bankers earned more than 1m euros in the UK, compared with 739 in the rest of the EU

Survey Finds Investors Still Confident In Global Growth Despite China Doubts - BofA Merrill Lynch

Allocations to Equity Rise, Bonds Increasingly Undesired

Dubai loses ground to London in battle of banking

London has strong links to the Gulf region due to its historical bonds with the sheikhdoms when they granted Britain as trucial states access

HSBC Trinkaus to sell private banking in Luxembourg

Approximately 20 employees working for the private banking business of HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt (International) SA are expected to transfer to VP Bank as part of the sale.

Lloyds' grip on private banking loosens as Rathbones and Investec grab UK share

The bank has some $398 billion under management globally, and was followed in the list by Barclays which runs $201.4 billion.

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